Matthew Teklemariam

Arts and culture reporter  

  • Critipeg: Rosie

    Plays at Cinematheque from Nov. 11 to 13

  • Cats cookin’ for a quarter century

    For those who’ve been snapping their fingers the last quarter century, now’s not the time to stop.

  • The beat goes on

    Musician and Into the Music employee Jason Churko has always felt at home in record stores. He fondly recalls early memories visiting music shops, which were among his most formative experiences as a child.

  • Reach out. He’ll be there.

    Summer’s gone, which means the time is no longer right for dancing in the street.

  • The best part of breaking up

    From gorging on ice cream to a rebound with an old flame, everyone has their preferred consolation when love goes sour.

  • Welcome to the wheel world

    Myles A. Taylor is a man of many talents, as his illustrious pedigree as an actor, writer, director, showrunner and musician prove.

  • When you wish upon a star

    Ask a child their dream destination, and it’ll likely boil down to two options: Disneyland or Walt Disney World.

  • Refusing to walk the line

    The outlaw, the desperado, the Man in Black: some of country music’s most prominent figures have defined themselves by living life on the fringe and answerin’ to nobody.

  • Greater than the sum of its arts

    Should you wander near Provencher during the night of cultured revelry that is Nuit Blanche, you may find yourself in an ethereal space where the boundaries between art and aesthete are blurred.

  • Identikit (The Driver’s Seat)

    Plays at Cinematheque Sept. 21, 24 and 25

  • Don’t roll over just yet, Beethoven

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (MCO), and they’re partying like it’s 1799.

  • The mystique lives on

    In a music industry preoccupied with self-perpetuation, Yes We Mystic bucks the trend with decisive finality.

  • Culled craft for a cause

    A group of philanthropic Winnipeg seniors are repurposing donated artwork to raise proceeds for AIDS relief in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Reflecting on place and music

    The idea of Winnipeg as a muse may seem peculiar, even pedestrian to its denizens.

  • Look on their works, ye Manitobans, and rejoice!

    For decades, Contemporary Verse 2 has positioned itself as a bastion of the poetry scene. The published poetry quarterly, headquartered in the ArtSpace building on Arthur Street, is the oldest of its kind in Canada.

  • Indie comics step into the spotlight

    Small-press comic books will take centre stage at the fifth annual Prairie Comics Festival, which runs from Sept. 10 to 11 at the West End Cultural Centre.

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